ORIGINAL: I_Fly_Coolers
The main drawback to large electrics right now is the price of the Lipo batteries...at least on larger planes.
Uh.... no. The *sound* (or lack of) is the drawback. Engine noise is music. An old ballistic pattern plane coming out of a split-s; a QM40 engine coming around pylon 1; a Ferrari V-10 at 19k..... Those are the sounds of speed.
Yeah, a F5D hauls tail and is cool, but it'll never be as cool as a screamin' glow motor.
Luckily I fly at a remote field where noise isn't an issue.